#4E86B5#4E86B5

#4E86B5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.093 H 245.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E86B5
RGB	rgb(78, 134, 181)
HSL	hsl(207, 41%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(207, 57%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.9%, 26%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.03, -4.44, -30.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.03, 30.62, 261.66°)
OKLab	oklab(60.14% -0.0387 -0.085)
OKLCH	oklch(60.14% 0.093 245.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.0044, 22.0044, 46.9002)
Luminance	0.2201 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E86B5 #B57D4E

analogous

#4EB5B1 #4E86B5 #4E52B5

triadic

#4E86B5 #B54E86 #86B54E

tetradic

#4E86B5 #B14EB5 #B57D4E #52B54E

square

#4E86B5 #B14EB5 #B57D4E #52B54E

split-complementary

#4E86B5 #B54E52 #B5B14E

monochromatic

#284760 #3A668B #4E86B5 #79A4C7 #A4C1D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#4E86B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.40

#4E86B5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E86B5

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E86B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E86B5	1.00	3.89	5.40	5.40
#FFFFFF	3.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7287B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#647DB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009196

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e86b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 134, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.093 245.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87a9cb',
    500: '#4e86b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e86b5;
$custom-light: #87a9cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e86b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.379,
    "s": 41.036,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60144,
    "c": 0.09336,
    "h": 245.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22006
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E86B5

secondary

#C6AD99

accent

#8F57D1

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C0F13

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E86B5

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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